Some UNC students got a message Monday that after a semester of work and a week to go before graduation, they will not be getting some final grades. A group of faculty members say they will withhold their scores until the university re-instates fifteen suspended students who were arrested along with 36 other non-students during...
Several years ago, I attended a North Carolina State Bar Dinner, where Judge Allison Duncan, then active on the US Fourth Circuit, spoke on diversity and equality of opportunity. She argued that diversity of viewpoint is needed for a strong academic system and that diversity of immutable characteristics does not equate to a vigorous intellectual ecosystem. This...
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of former Duke University basketball star Zion Williamson in his legal battle with a former agent. A unanimous three-judge panel upheld a lower court decision that the agent violated North Carolina state law.
FAA approved exemption for drone use in crop seeding.
Congressman David Rouzer, NC-07, is a co-sponsor, along with Congressman Dan Meuser, R-PA, on legislation introduced by Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne, R-TX, that would deport illegal aliens who participate in criminal activity during pro-terrorism or antisemitic demonstrations, including those currently occupying and vandalizing university campuses across the country.
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court ruling favoring Mooresville police in a lawsuit over a fatal 2020 shooting. Appellate judges agreed that police “acted reasonably in light of the circumstances.”
Dr. Peter Morris, executive director of Urban Ministries talks about food deserts and food insecurity in Wake County.
US Sen. Thom Tillis, R-NC, introduced bipartisan legislation on Thursday that would make knowingly causing or attempting to cause bodily injury to a law enforcement officer a federal crime.
Victims of the October 7 terror attacks in Israel are suing National Students for Justice (NSJP) in Palestine, the AJP Educational Foundation, Inc. also known as American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) saying they are operating "as collaborators and propagandists for Hamas."
President Joe Biden made two stops in North Carolina on Thursday. The first took place after 1 pm in Charlotte when he met privately with the grieving families of the four officers who were killed in an ambush in east Charlotte on Monday.
On this week’s edition of “The Debrief”: State lawmakers are ramping up work for their short election-year session, and the John Locke Foundation’s CEO tackles the organization’s top legislative priorities for 2024. The head of the Civitas Center for Public Integrity addresses major election-year priorities. We also address the heavy hand of government regulation, which...
Despite the seemingly countless examples of university presidents exemplifying what not to do when confronted with vile antisemitic mobs, Lee Roberts, the interim chancellor at UNC Chapel Hill, displayed unmatched boldness on behalf of students and the citizens of North Carolina this week. Roberts, who assumed the post of interim chancellor in January of this...
Of the handful of 2024 primary elections resulting in a runoff — in North Carolina the threshold for a primary candidate to win outright is 30% — only one involved a race for a seat in congress. That runoff race for Congressional District 13 became moot on Thursday when one of the two candidates announced...
Jeff Moore, Carolina Journal deputy editor, discusses recent developments during anti-Israel protests at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Moore offered these comments during a May 1, 2024, interview with the One America News Network.
UNC protesters were treated properly
Title IX was created to protect women. Biden’s radical change does the opposite.
Fully funding NC’s school voucher program is a good investment
In-person early voting for the May 14 second primary/runoff election began Thursday at 8 am. It will end on Saturday, May 11 at 3 pm.
A federal judge has struck down North Carolina’s law criminalizing felon voting. The law “was enacted with discriminatory intent, has not been cleansed of its discriminatory taint, and continues to disproportionately impact Black voters,” according to a court order US District Judge Loretta Biggs issued Monday.
Rep. Jon Hardister, R-Guilford, announced Thursday that he will resign his position in the North Carolina House, telling Carolina Journal that he would not rule out a return to public service at some point in the future, but for now he will be working in the private sector.
As expected, the North Carolina Republican Party’s executive committee selected current Executive Director Jason Simmons as the new chair in Selma on Tuesday.
